Prospective interventional, comparative study to determine the validity of the Mediktor ®
Triage and its effectiveness with respect to "Model Andorra of Triage" (MAT) system and
the "gold standard" (doctor's diagnosis).
Obtaining informed consent. Participation in the study will be offered to all those
patients who attend the Emergency Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Hospital
de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau during the study period and who meet the inclusion criteria.
An information sheet on the study will also be provided to each patient.
Sequential triage Once the patient's consent has been obtained, the patient will be
assessed sequentially in the same triage space. Initially, a nurse from the Gynecology
and Obstetrics Service will classify the patient in the triage box using the MAT system
according to the usual practice. Then, another professional from the center, trained in
the use of the Mediktor Hospital ® tool, and who has not been present in the conventional
sorting, will perform the advanced triage in the same space, both professionals being
blind to the result of each of the tools. In the event that the first triage performed
with MAT gave the investigators an emergency level 1, the triage with the Mediktor tool
would not be performed, since in this case the immediate care of the patient would be
prioritized.
Attention in the Emergency Service Once the sequential triage is completed, the patient
will return to the Gynecology and Obstetrics Emergency Room. The patient's care will be
performed according to usual clinical practice, following the triage assessment performed
with the MAT system.
Data recovery and entry in Data Recovery Form (DRF) All data of the study variables will
be retrieved from the emergency report issued in the area of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emergencies and will be entered in an electronic DRF for further analysis and processing.
Evaluation of Effectiveness
Main evaluation variables Level of triage assigned by MAT, Level of triage assigned by
Mediktor Hospital
Secondary evaluation variables
Affiliation variables (administrative): Date of birth, sex, residence, financing,
date and time of arrival in the emergency room or administrative record, form of
arrival in the emergency room (own foot, ambulance, etc....), reason for the urgency
( common illness, traffic accident, school...).
Triage variables: Triage date and time, triage duration time, coded clinical reason
for consultation, readmission within 72 hours, readmission reason, triage level,
number of reevaluations, triage level of each reevaluation.
Care variables: date and time of the emergency room visit, request for additional
test, type of additional test, analytical parameters requested (if applicable),
diagnosis according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (primary and
secondary), most important procedures performed, patient admission > 24h), date and
time of admission, urgent surgery, time of stay in the emergency room (LOS) which is
the time that the patient remains in the emergency room from the time of admission
to the hospital until the patient is discharged or hospitalized. Number of patients
admitted to the hospital and number of patients discharged. Number of emergency
consultations / revisits in the first 72 hours after discharge.
Variables of discharge: circumstance of discharge or reason for emergency discharge
(home discharge, hospital admission, transfer to another center, voluntary
discharge, escape, exit...), identification of the transfer center, date and time of
discharge, date and time of administrative discharge, departure transport, cause of
success, time spent in emergencies, registration canceled